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  Mathematical equation for working out witness divorce rate using the national average.

  by joe134cd in

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  hi folks.

  i have noticed that there is a lot of speculation on how well witness perform in marriage.

  there is a simple equation that can be used as a guide to work this out.

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  scotoma

  The divorce rate is about the same for JW's as the general population.

  I was sitting at a Watchtower study on marriage where they were basically bragging about the power of "God's Word" to hold marriages together.

  I got bored and started listing in the margins every wedding I had been to in the previous 40 years. Witnesses get to go to a lot of weddings.

  I listed a little over 50 weddings. Then I crossed out all those that were no longer married. Almost exactly half were no longer together.

  A small but unsurprising survey.

  The biggest factor is how two personalities get along after the sexual heat is off. Opposites attract but they don't last. The other extreme where two people are very similar doesn't work because there often isn't enough passion. That leaves a middle area where the people are enough alike to get along and different enough to generate some heat.

  Marriage really is a 50/50 proposition. Half work well enough and half fail.
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  Anti-Watchtower is DejaVu all over again

  by scotoma in

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  remember the catholic church?.

  remember the protestants.

  protest-ants.. the catholic church remains the largest christian organization on earth.

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  Remember the Catholic Church?

  Remember the Protestants. Protest-Ants.

  The Catholic Church remains the largest Christian Organization on earth. Some say twice the size of protestants.

  This is typcial of dissenters. They tend to fragment.

  It's all noise in the machinery.

  Most people who are no longer JW's have a lot of catching up to do and don't have time for such distractions.

  The choicest morsels yet came from a Governing Body dissenter - Ray Franz. And he remained a captive to the really big lie "God and the Bible Storybook"

  Time will do more damage than any "anti-" group.
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  My View and Bobby Dylan's View of AntiWatchtower Special Groups

  by Band on the Run in

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  my computer crashed so i am not fully informed of the recent antiwatchtower organization.

  i must vent, however.

  perhaps i am the only one on the face of the earth (or the entire universe) but i found cedar's opening announcement insulting.

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  So many organizations so little time....
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  A.D. -The Most Important Book Today?

  by metatron in

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  i just started reading "a.d. - after disclosure" by richard dolan.

  it is an attempt to rationally predict what will ( or would, depending on your viewpoint) happen when authorities around the world admit that extraterrestrials exist and first contact happens.. will markets crash?

  will religions collapse?

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  Frankie:

  Your suggestive ridicule of Met is abominable.

  Just say you don't believe.

  In fact if you don't believe it don't say anything because there is nothing extraordinary or interesting about not believing in something.

  Especially when you obviously know little about the serious information that is available.

  Don't ridicule those who have healthy curiosity.

  If you don't believe it fine.
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  A.D. -The Most Important Book Today?

  by metatron in

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  i just started reading "a.d. - after disclosure" by richard dolan.

  it is an attempt to rationally predict what will ( or would, depending on your viewpoint) happen when authorities around the world admit that extraterrestrials exist and first contact happens.. will markets crash?

  will religions collapse?

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  slimboy,

  The phenomenon that my family and others experienced (neighbors and friends in a 5 mile radius) was either aliens or demons and I don't believe in demons.

  Friends that I have explained this to in details and who know me to be a skeptic just shrug their shoulders. Known skeptics can be deluded.

  It really doesn't matter whether you believe or not. There are no life and death consequences. I don't believe in the alien crashes and anal probing abductions. Those things are unlikely based on what aliens would do here if they were so advanced as to be able to travel long distances instantly or jump dimensions.

  Among the thousands of reports there are about 5 percent that are really substantive.
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  A.D. -The Most Important Book Today?

  by metatron in

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  i just started reading "a.d. - after disclosure" by richard dolan.

  it is an attempt to rationally predict what will ( or would, depending on your viewpoint) happen when authorities around the world admit that extraterrestrials exist and first contact happens.. will markets crash?

  will religions collapse?

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  I went to a lecture last year by Richard Dolan and got an autographed copy of A.D.

  I haven't had time to read it. I did get to talk to him about my experience with a UFO.

  It was a lecture sponsored by MUFON.

  There were about 75 people in attendance. They weren't weird at all. They seemed very informed.

  I'm not a member of MUFON. Just curious because of my own experience.
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  I went to Pioneer School, three times...so there

  by Quarterback in

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  don't you just hate it.

  a school that strokes the egos of r-pioneers.

  there is no school for publishers.

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  And what's so sacred about the text book for the school? They take them back when school is over.

  The Watchtower is just another ordinary human religious organization that doesn't realize the Bible isn't the book they think it is.

  All the special schools are a pathetic and feeble effort to boost morale.

  30 hour pioneers?

  I remember when most of the servants all got in 30 hours every month. Pre book study service = 4 hrs. per month. Wed bible study night 4 hours per month. Friday night street corner work = 4 hours per month. Saturday2 hours door to door and 1 hour magazine route calles = 12 hours per month. Sunday morning field service 2 hours and 1 hour back calls = 12 hours per month. Total = 36 hours per month.

  That was my routine from the time I started taking doors myself at 5 years old in 1950 old until I left home at 21 in 1967. That's a total of around 6000 hours by the time I reached 21. Add the 420 hours at long 60 minute meetings not including prep and travel time. That comes to a total of over 12000 hours of the most valuable youth time you could ever have. 12000 hours of peak mental abilities to learn. They say it takes 10000 hours to become an expert at something. I am an expert at NOTHING.
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  C.O. Reports: JWs/WTS "Reach Critical Mass...

  by BitterTruth in

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  jehovah's witnesses/wts have reached "critical mass" - says ex-circuit overseer.

  ------posting copied from h2o-----.

  posted by xelder [seeker4] on july 13, 2000 at 12:00:52 {rn3hpwrs1eubi2tgjvegd9bhhxgwag}:.

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  These old posts reveal how little changes.

  This one is from 2001 with the last post in 2010

  How long can an organization fall apart?

  After reading this I realized that the Watchtower is quite immune to change. It could easily go another 12 years without anything changing.

  The only wild card is what happens in the centenial year of 2014.
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  Proof of Heaven book - anyone read it?

  by jay dubless in

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  it was released a few months ago.

  it is not religious propaganda.

  written by dr eben alexander, a neurosurgeon, who went into a coma for a week, and his subsequent journey into the afterlife.

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  No I haven't read it. And I don't intend to read it.

  There are millions of books I haven't read and that I don't intend to read.

  I had written a longer response but when I read the previous discussion on this topic I realized I couldn't really add anything to what has already been said.
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  I Wouldn't Look For Russia To Get Nicer To WTS

  by metatron in

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  http://hotair.com/archives/2013/03/25/russian-police-conducting-unannounced-audits-on-amnesty-international-human-rights-groups-offices/.

  they ain't playin', homey!.

  the wts looks very ngo to me.

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  When the Watchtower abandoned the King of the North scenario for Russia they lost one of their best narratives.

  It appears Russia and the United States are permanent enemies.